{"id":570160,"date":"2023-09-28T10:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=570160"},"modified":"2023-09-28T10:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:24:42","slug":"simone-barlaam-wins-best-male-summer-athlete-at-first-para-sport-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-barlaam-wins-best-male-summer-athlete-at-first-para-sport-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Barlaam Wins Best Male Summer Athlete at First Para Sport Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Simone Barlaam Wins Best Male Summer Athlete at First Para Sport Awards \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Italian para swimmer <strong>Simone Barlaam<\/strong> was named the best male summer sports athlete at the inaugural Para Sport Awards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paralympic.org\/para-sport\/news\/winners-first-ever-para-sport-awards-announced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Barlaam\u2019s international coach, <strong>Riccardo Vernole,<\/strong> was also named the best coach at the awards, held in Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>The awards are being given for the first time by the International Paralympic Committee. They recognize, \u201cthose whose efforts have contributed to strengthening the impact of Para sports worldwide.\u201d The ceremony was attached to the IPC General Assembly and Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Barlaam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-barlaam-sets-world-record-italy-wins-5-golds-at-2022-para-worlds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won five gold medals<\/a> at the 2022 Para Swimming World Championships in Madeira, Portugal. His swims there included four world records and two European records. For his career, he\u2019s set 10 world records. The 23-year-old S9 swimmer has 18 career world championships gold medals and 21 total medals. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-barlaam-goes-5-for-5-with-world-record-to-wrap-para-worlds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just as good at the 2023 World Championships<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He won a gold medal in the S9 50 free at the Tokyo Paralympics to go with two silvers and a bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Veronle led Italy to the top of the medal table at 2022 Para Swimming Worlds, the second straight time Italy has led that meet in accolades. Italy claimed 64 total medals at the 2022 championships in Madeira. 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